PBS this fall will launch the second round of “Makers,” six new films dealing with women — in war, space, comedy, business, Hollywood, politics. Colorado’s Pat Schroeder is among those featured. In a clip, talks about “the good ol’ boys club” that was Congress when she was elected in 1973.

“Makers,” a collaboration with AOL, also features Geena Davis, Linda Wolverton (who wrote the screenplay for “Beauty and the Beast”) and director Ava DuVernay.

In “Makers,” Schroeder recalls when she sought to join the Armed Services Committee, and was vetoed along with Rep. Ron Dellums. “For the first time, they overrode a Chairman’s veto” and they were admitted to the committee. Then the chairman attempted to humiliate them by offering Schroeder and Dellums one chair between them. “Ron Dellums and I sat cheek to cheek for a rather long time.”

Joanne Ostrow has been watching TV since before "reality" required quotation marks. "Hill Street Blues" was life-changing. If Dickens, Twain or Agatha Christie were alive today, they'd be writing for television. And proud of it.